This week: how does the history of Shinto intersect with the colonization of Hokkaido? What role does Shinto’s transition from religion to “cultural institution” play in the process that has made that island indisputably a part of Japan itself?
Sources
Shimizu, Karli. Overseas Shinto Shrines: Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire
Rots, Aike P. “Public Shrine Forests? Shinto, Immanence, and Discursive Secularization.” Japan Review, no. 30 (2017)
A fascinating essay on Shima Yoshitake and historical memory by Michael Roellinghoff of Tokyo College.
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